2010 Holy Week Wednesday

Greetings Dear Reader,

Last year I wrote about the day being Spy Wednesday and its relation to continuing to condemn Judas for his crimes. You might enjoy revisiting that entry if you are interested. Here is the link: http://aramisthorn.blogspot.com/2009/04/holy-week-2009-wednesday-spy-wednesday.html .

This year I want to focus on the fact that two millennia later we use energy to revile a man who may or may not have been acting maliciously. It is so easy for us to villainize others. It is our fallen nature to look at evil in the world and treat it as though it minimized our own sin. We are outraged when others minimize our hurts or pains in comparison to great troubles in the world. They are OUR hurts, OUR pains. We choose the comparisons that please us. A friend of mine says that to compare sin is an exercise in folly. I could not agree more.

As we approach the end of the week, we need to remember that our sin is what killed Christ. More pointedly, it is MY sin, MY falleness that drove Christ to the cross. He chose to allow all that happened to him just for me. He did it just for you too. He died for us collectively and individually. He loves Judas as much as he does any of us.

With this in mind I cannot afford to look at anyone in a light that is less than loving. There is not room for me to disparage others when I am in such dire need of grace and mercy on a daily basis. Before we judge anyone we need to look at the full weight of our failure to love God will all our heart soul and mind. As Christ moves toward the cross for us perhaps we can figuratively lighten his burden by seeing our own weight of sin and taking steps to move away from the things that cause it.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a home owner. He brings new and old things out of his treasure store."